Prime Minister Imran Khan performed the ground-breaking of 128-kilometer long Lillah-Jhelum dual carriageway today (Tuesday) to improve the road infrastructure network in the country.

Addressing the ground-breaking ceremony in Islamabad, he said the PTI government is constructing roads and motorways at lesser cost as compared to the projects completed by the previous governments.

He said the previous government, in its first three years, constructed over 640 kilometres long roads, while the PTI government undertook 1,750 kilometres long roads in the same period.

The Prime Minister said his government saved around one thousand billion rupees by ensuring transparency in the road projects.

He said for the first time, three dams are being constructed in the country while 10 dams will be built in next ten years.

The Prime Minister said government is enhancing green areas of the country to mitigate the adverse impact of the climate change.

Imran Khan said there is no doubt that inflation is adversely affecting the entire world, including Pakistan, but the government will leave no stone unturned in protecting people from price hike.

He said a massive relief package will soon be announced to mitigate sufferings of the common people.

Speaking on the occasion, Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar said Lillah-Jhelum dual carriageway will be completed at a cost of 4.64 billion rupees.

He said it will link Grand Trunk Road to the Motorway and will bring economic development and create jobs in the area.

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, in his address, said transparency is the hallmark of these projects being completed with billions of rupees.

It is pertinent to mention that the dual road will be constructed in thirty months at a cost of sixteen billion rupees.

The road will establish link among Chakwal, Khoshab, Mandi Bahauddin, Gujrat and Mirpur.

The project would help promote tourism, facilitate farm to market supply, increase employment opportunities and lead to economic progress.